Gaunt-looking American character actor Frank McGlynn Sr. is best remembered for his many portrayals in 1930s and 1940s historical films of US President Abraham Lincoln. McGlynn began performing on stage in 1896. Prior to that, he had been a practicing lawyer, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
1947Hollywood Barn DanceMovieas Hiram Tubb1947Trail StreetMovieas Tim McKeon (uncredited)
1944Rogues' GalleryMovieas Blake
1944Delinquent DaughtersMovieas Judge Craig
1942March On, America!Movieas Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)1942In Old CaliforniaMovieas Undetermined Minor Role
1942SyncopationMovie
1941Three Girls About TownMovieas Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician1941Sergeant YorkMovieas Mountaineer (uncredited)
1941A Girl, a Guy, and a GobMovieas Panky Pankington1940Third Finger, Left HandMovieas Judge Holman (uncredited)1940Boom TownMovieas Deacon
1940Hi-Yo SilverMovieas Abraham Lincoln
1939The Mad EmpressMovieas President Abraham Lincoln
1939The Honeymoon's OverMovieas Thin Man
1939Second FiddleMovieas Lincolnesque Actor1939Love AffairMovieas Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
1939Lincoln in the White HouseMovieas Abraham Lincoln
1938Strange GloryMovieas Abraham Lincoln
1938Joaquin MurrietaMovieas Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1938The Girl of the Golden WestMovieas Pete - Gambler
1938The Lone RangerMovieas Abraham Lincoln1937Wells FargoMovieas Lincoln
1937Sudden Bill DornMovieas Cap Jinks
1937Western GoldMovieas Abraham Lincoln1937Broadway Melody of 1938Movieas Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
1937Sing and Be HappyMovieas Sheriff
1937ParnellMovieas Pat Hogan
1937The Great BarrierMovieas Sir John Macdonald
1936Career WomanMovieas Sheriff Duncan1936The PlainsmanMovieas Abraham Lincoln
1936North of NomeMovieas U. S. Marshal
1936King of the Royal MountedMovieas Henry Dundas1936The Last of the MohicansMovieas Gamut
1936For the ServiceMovieas Jim, a Scout1936These ThreeMovieas Judge (uncredited)1936The Prisoner of Shark IslandMovieas Abraham Lincoln1935The Littlest RebelMovieas Abraham Lincoln1935Captain BloodMovieas Reverend Ogle
1935Outlawed GunsMovieas Jingle
1935The Roaring WestMovieas Jinglebob Morgan
1935It's A Small WorldMovieas Snake Brown Jr.
1935Folies Bergère de ParisMovieas Joseph
1934Lost in the StratosphereMovieas Colonel Worthington
1934Are We Civilized?Movieas Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner1934Little Miss MarkerMovieas Doc Chesley
1934Search for BeautyMovieas Rev. Rankin1934MassacreMovieas Missionary
1933Charlie Chan's Greatest CaseMovieas Amos Winterslip
1933Unknown ValleyMovieas Head Elder
1933Hello, Everybody!Movieas Jonathan Reed1933Frisco JennyMovieas Good Book Charlie (uncredited)
1932The Wet ParadeMovieas Food Control Speaker (uncredited)
1931Huckleberry FinnMovieas Second teacher (uncredited)1931The Secret SixMovieas Judge1930Min and BillMovieas Mr. Southard
1930The Jazz CinderellaMovieas Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
1930Good NewsMovieas Professor Kenyon
1919The ABC of LoveMovieas The Innkeeper
1918The Caillaux CaseMovieas Emperor William of Germany
1918Why America Will WinMovieas John F. Pershing
1918The Accidental HoneymoonMovieas Farmer Perkins
1918Rough and ReadyMovieas The Siwash1917The Poor Little Rich GirlMovieas The Plumber
1917The Argyle CaseMovieas John Argyle
1916Gloria's RomanceMovieas Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)
1915The Truth About HelenMovieDirector
1915Vanity FairMovieas Captain William Dobbin
1915Through Turbulent WatersMovieas Bill Ford
1913Alexia's StrategyMovieas Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)